Georg Circle

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Georg Kreis (1988)
Georg Circle (2010)

Georg Kreis (born November 14, 1943 in Basel ) is a Swiss historian . He is professor emeritus for Modern History and History of Switzerland at the University of Basel , was head of the Basel Institute for Europe until July 2011 and President of the Federal Commission against Racism (FCR) until the end of 2011 .

biography

Kreis studied history, German and geography in Basel, Paris and Cambridge . He wrote his dissertation in 1972 on the Swiss press censorship during the Second World War . In 1991 and 1992 he was the Federal Council commissioner to draft a historical report on state security in Switzerland between 1935 and 1990. As a former member of the Independent Expert Commission Switzerland - Second World War ICE , also known as the Bergier Commission after its chairman , and various others Historians' commissions Kreis is considered to be a profound expert on recent Swiss history. He headed the European Institute at the University of Basel from its foundation in 1993 to July 2011. He was its president from the foundation of the Federal Commission against Racism (FCR) in 1995 until he stepped down from this office at the end of 2011.

Georg Kreis has written numerous publications on Swiss history, Switzerland's relationship with other countries and minorities, and has made various television and radio appearances as an expert on specific issues. He is regarded as a committed voice in public discussions, especially on the behavior of Switzerland during the Second World War, and has often suffered harsh criticism from the Swiss People's Party (SVP).

In 2006, Georg Kreis was included in the list of the 100 most important Swiss personalities by Schweizer Illustrierte . In 2007 he was awarded the Fischhof Prize , which is awarded by the Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism (GRA) and the Society for Minorities in Switzerland (GMS).

He is a Swiss-German citizen . From 1973 to 2013 he was a member of the FDP , temporarily national vice-president and member of the wider citizens' council.

Kreis is married and has three sons.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • On the trail of «La Charité». The Swiss army command in the field of tension of the Franco-German conflict 1936–1941. Basel / Stuttgart 1976.
  • The myth of 1291. About the origin of the Swiss national holiday. Basel 1991.
  • Helvetia through the ages. On the history of a national figurehead. Zurich 1991.
  • Co-author: State Security in Switzerland: The Development from 1935–1990. A multidisciplinary investigation commissioned by the Swiss Federal Council. Bern 1993.
  • Switzerland in history, 1700 to the present. Zurich 1997.
  • Switzerland in World War II. Your answers to the challenges of the time. Zurich 1999.
  • The return of the J stamp: On the story of a difficult coming to terms with the past. Zurich 2000.
  • Refugee looted property. The transfer of cultural goods in and via Switzerland 1933–1945 and the question of restitution. (With Esther Tisa Franscini and Anja Heuss ). Zurich 2001 ( publications of the ICE, vol. 1).
  • The passport with the Jewish stamp. A family story in one piece of world history 1925–1975. Munich 2001.
  • Prehistory to the present. Selected essays , 6 volumes. Schwabe, Basel 2003–2013, DNB 970217919 .
  • Europe and its borders: with six more essays on Europe. Bern 2004.
  • The Rütli myth. History of a place of remembrance. Zurich 2004.
  • Not a people of sheep. Racism and anti-racism in Switzerland. Zurich 2007.
  • France's republican great power policy. 1870-1914. Inside view of a foreign policy. von Zabern / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Mainz / Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8053-3708-3 (von Zabern) / ISBN 978-3-525-10052-3 (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) - (also habilitation thesis at the University of Basel 1980).
  • A time sign for eternity. 300 years of Swiss monument topography. NZZ, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-03823-417-3 .
  • Swiss places of remembrance. From the memory of Swissness. NZZ, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-03823-591-0 .
  • Switzerland in World War II. Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85218-868-3 .
  • Island of insecure security. Switzerland in the war years 1914–1918. NZZ, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03823-844-7 ; 2nd, revised edition 2014, ISBN 978-3-03823-902-4 .
  • Swiss postcards from the First World War. here + now, Baden 2013, ISBN 978-3-03919-299-1 .
  • with Birgit Stalder, Martin Stuber, Sibylle Meyrat and Arlette Schnyder : From Berners and Burgers - tradition and reinvention of a civic community. here + now, Baden 2014, ISBN 978-3-03919-333-2 .
  • Standing up for “degenerate art”. The Basel acquisitions of 1939/40. NZZ, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03810-287-8 . (with a contribution by Eva Reifert, curator at the Kunstmuseum Basel).

Editorships

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Kreis on the website of the Department of History at the University of Basel , accessed on March 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b Nadja Pastega, Sebastian Ramspeck: "I was happy for every day that I had nothing to do with racism": History professor and FDP member . In: SonntagsZeitung , November 20, 2011, p. 25 (interview)
  3. ^ Georg Kreis on the website of the European Institute of the University of Basel. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ Switzerland: President of the Racism Commission resigns. ( Memento of August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Schweizer Radio DRS , May 8, 2011, accessed on February 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ Hannes Nussbaumer: "There were moments when I got scared". Tages-Anzeiger, May 15, 2011, accessed on February 11, 2012 .
  6. ↑ René Zeller : Georg Kreis defends himself: irreconcilable differences with the SVP - party calls for resignation as EKR president. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 14, 2009, accessed on February 11, 2012.
  7. ↑ Schweizer Illustrierte , No. 31, July 29, 2006, p. 21.
  8. ↑ The Fischhof Prize of the GRA this year goes to Anni Lanz and Georg Kreis. (pdf; 68 kB) (No longer available online.) Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism (GRA), archived from the original on March 23, 2014 ; Retrieved February 11, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Georg circle. About me. Georg Kreis website, accessed December 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ Caspar Reimer: Interview with Dr. Georg Circle. (PDF) In: neubadmagazin.ch. February 1, 2019, accessed August 10, 2019 .
  11. ^ Jon Mathieu: Review. In: hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de , 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Circle, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel